Grandmother neuron
A grandmother neuron is a hypothetical neuron that is activated in the brain of a person or other living being (such as a monkey ) when it perceives a certain object or a certain person, such as one's own grandmother. The thesis that such grandmother neurons exist was put forward by Jerome Lettvin in the 1960s and initially considered to be false by most scientists. However, since around 2005 there have been studies that prove the existence of singular neurons that closely correspond to the perception of certain people (or even just their name). Since these studies used images of actress Jennifer Aniston as items because of their popularity, the term Jennifer Aniston Neuron is also common.
See also
Web links
- Manfred Spitzer : grandmother neurons. (Page: HTML , Video: Flash ) [Video]; Rubric: Mind & Brain . In: ARD-alpha .de. Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), July 29, 2008, archived from the original ; accessed on December 27, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ What does the Halle Berry nerve cell think? (No longer available online.) In: Psychologie heute . June 10, 2006, archived from the original on November 27, 2012 ; accessed on March 29, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Manfred Spitzer: God gene and grandmother neuron . Schattauer, 2006, ISBN 3-7945-2498-5 , p. 129 ff .
- ↑ a b Anna Gosline: Why your brain has a Jennifer Aniston cell. In: New Scientist . June 22, 2005, accessed March 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Norbert Lossau: Interview with Christof Koch: Halle Berry recognizes a nerve cell. In: The world . June 23, 2005. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Gabriel Kreiman: Postscript: About Grandmother Cells and Jennifer Aniston Neurons. In: Psychological Review. PubMed, January 2010, pp. 297–299, here: p. 298.
